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More of a wwyd regarding IL's referring to unborn baby as 'granddaughter'

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AmberSweet · 05/01/2014 17:36

Even though we are having a boy? Ok tbf to them they don't know we are having a boy (their decision, they wanted it to be a surprise) except it's not really a surprise if they've decided already that baby is a girl?

Everything is 'My granddaughter' and 'She'. DP does correct them and say 'baby' or as horrible as it sounds 'it' but they insist on saying 'she' because MIL just KNOWS that baby is a girl.

The most annoying part is that they were really against us finding out the sex. They said it would spoil things and were really quite pushy and insistent on the matter to the point where DP changed his mind and didn't want to know either until our 20 scan when he changed his mind again and did want to find out (I wanted to know but said that I was happy enough to keep it a surprise if he really didn't want to know). PIL don't know that we found out (because DP didn't want to get a earful from them Hmm).

So wwyd? It's so hard for me to know scream at them 'He's a boy!' Everytime they go on! Tbh this isn't the first issue I've had with them over the pregnancy so I'm kind of at the end of my tether anyways. I'm 22 weeks, uncomfortable and quite emotional. Working part time and have a 6 year old Ds so also tired. I just want it to stop!

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NewtRipley · 06/01/2014 17:56

yy I'm liking these slightly evil ideas.

Topseyt · 06/01/2014 18:28

I would just tell them regardless of whether or not they want to know. They are being very intrusive, to be honest, and it might be the only way to put an end to it.

Also, I can be a bit of a witch because I don't like being dictated to anyway. There is nothing like telling me I can't do something to make me more determined than ever to do it (within reason, of course), and this would be one of those occasions. Grin

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